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2 Responses to McDonell Family in 1881!

Hi there. I stumbled upon your blog because I googled my boyfriend, Hugh McDonell, looking for some of his rugby stats. I started reading your blog and realized your family is essentially his family. His family, the McDonells, reside in Glengarry, Ontario and as far as I know, and from what you’re writing about, his relatives and your’s are the same people! If you would like to get in contact feel free to email me! This is so interesting !

Hello bp: Thanks for stopping by. McD’s migrated to the Glengarry area of Ontario starting in the late 1700’s. My family is very old for coming to Canada in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. I have made it back to my great grandfather Archibald McDonell and his wife Mary McDonell (Same last name and possibily cousins) on my grandfather Ronald (R.S.) McDonald’s side. On great grandmother Mary’s side I have Alexander John McDonell and Ellen McPherson for her parents. I am slowly figuring out the family. There are charts done by my Aunt Nellie and you need to go and take a look at them. Here is Mary’s side https://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/nellies-charts-her-mother-marys-family/ This is the link to the post for Archie’s side which is the hardest one yet for me to find his siblings. https://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/nellies-charts-her-father-archie-mcdonells-family/ Now I do have a Hugh McDonell who married a https://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/?s=Hugh+McDonell You are going to have to study carefully because there are lots of McD’s and various spellings that settled in the Glengarry area of Ontario. My family became part of the Glengarry McD’s who went up the Ottawa River and did the lumbering. Thank you for sharing and let me know if anything comes up. Bonnie

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The header photo is of the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and Cemetery in Chapeau, Quebec.

The OGS (Ontario Genealogical Society) Online Newsletter for October 15, 2016 has a great article on the Toronto Library where their collection has been moved to. How to access it and the documents. OGS was given a tour of the new facilities. I was at the North York on my trip to Canada and that is now closed with the collection moved to the main library. They don't discuss parking but that could be an issue.

It is with sadness I report that the Chanute Air Museum is closing for good. I am so glad I visited this museum on the base where my Dad, Keith, spent his time learning his craft of airplane mechanic. August 12, 2016

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